The Truths Your Public School Teacher has been Teaching for Decades Thread Has Inspired Me, So. . . .

[Herodotus]

I have decided to create a thread.  What are things that you feel our nation's children should be taught in high school? Mine are as follows:

1. Personal Finance-
How to write a resume, apply for a job, dress for an interview, and land a job
How to make a budget

How to build your credit without ruining your financial Health

How to comparison shop

How to get a college degree without going into hock for 20 to 30 years

2. Home Economics and Maintenance and basic Automotive care-
How to make inexpensive, healthy, high yield, and delicious food

How to switch out vacuum belts and do minor repairs to home appliances and do minor household maintenance

How to change your oil, switch out a belt, charge a battery, fix a flat, and keep your car running 

3. First aid

CPR
How to dress a wound
How to treat heat and cold injuries

4. Cyberspace and You
Ideally, no kid should be on sociial media until they are in college, but that ain't happening so how to be a safe and responsible online citizen

Media literacy.  Young adults need to have the ability to watch a PragerU or a Crowder video and be able to identify how and why it's full of BS

5. How to have safe, rewarding, healthy, and meaningful friendships and relationships

Look, I know this one is traditionally taught at home, but not every child is so lucky to have had parents available to teach them.  

6. Critical Thinking and Reading
-Breaking down and analyzing an argument
-What are good sources of information and what is junk
- How to address bias
- Who wrote or said what

-What is their bias

-what is their reason for writing what they wrote or said

-what do they want you to think

-can they be trusted

7. How to identify scams and avoid being scammed.

How about you.  What are some things you'd like kids to be taught in schools?

[ICRockets2]

2 minutes ago, Herodotus said:

I have decided to create a thread.  What are things that you feel our nation's children should be taught in high school? Mine are as follows:

1. Personal Finance-
How to write a resume, apply for a job, dress for an interview, and land a job
How to make a budget

How to build your credit without ruining your financial Health

How to comparison shop

How to get a college degree without going into hock for 20 to 30 years

2. Home Economics and Maintenance and basic Automotive care-
How to make inexpensive, healthy, high yield, and delicious food

How to switch out vacuum belts and do minor repairs to home appliances and do minor household maintenance

How to change your oil, switch out a belt, charge a battery, fix a flat, and keep your car running 

3. First aid

CPR
How to dress a wound
How to treat heat and cold injuries

4. Cyberspace and You
Ideally, no kid should be on sociial media until they are in college, but that ain't happening so how to be a safe and responsible online citizen

5. How to have safe, rewarding, healthy, and meaningful friendships and relationships

Look, I know this one is traditionally taught at home, but not every child is so lucky to have had parents available to teach them.  

6. Critical Thinking and Reading
-Breaking down and analyzing an argument
-What are good sources of information and what is junk
- How to address bias
- Who wrote or said what

-What is their bias

-what is their reason for writing what they wrote or said

-what do they want you to think

-can they be trusted

7. How to identify scams and avoid being scammed.

How about you.  What are some things you'd like kids to be taught in schools?

#4 is a big one, and needs to also include media literacy.  Young adults need to have the ability to watch a PragerU or a Crowder video and be able to identify how and why it's full of BS

[Herodotus]

5 minutes ago, ICRockets2 said:

#4 is a big one, and needs to also include media literacy.  Young adults need to have the ability to watch a PragerU or a Crowder video and be able to identify how and why it's full of BS

Yeah, that's a big one.  I have assimilated it.